The Second and Third Fleets of the Red Alert Navy, along the main areas of concentration of Japanese industry, carried out large-scale and devastating shelling.

While the Red Guard Corps was destroyed all the way, the Japanese also tried their best to rescue industrial equipment and go to the inland areas to strive for a quick resumption of production.

As the Third Fleet left Tokyo Bay for Nagoya, Gonbei Yamamoto began to plan the first counterattack, organizing 100,000 soldiers in an attempt to eliminate the 2nd and 3rd Divisions that controlled Tokyo.

100,000 against 30,000 people, Yamamoto Gonbei did not feel safe, although the Third Fleet left the Gulf of Tonkin, but only the main battleships left, and in the Gulf of Tonkin, there was also a cruiser and two destroyers, as well as several offshore gunboats of different tonnages.

In the era of no aviation, in order to avoid the enemy's superiority in maritime artillery, the battlefield was generally chosen to be dozens of kilometers away from the coastline.

But as long as Yamamoto Gonbei wants to retake Tokyo and boost the morale of the people, he will also intervene. The steel knife that goes into the heart is cut off, and the only choice is to choose to annihilate the enemies in Tokyo first.

On Kyushu Island, the Red Guard Corps had 200,000 troops, and Yamamoto Gonbei wanted to gather superior forces to start a battle on Kyushu Island, which required a month or two of preparations, which was not conducive to Japan, which was eager for victory.

The longer it takes, the more disadvantageous it will be for Japan.

The Japanese island itself does not have any resources, the sea is completely blocked, and it is difficult to make ends meet with food in the country, not to mention most of the war materials that need to be imported.

Therefore, what is in front of Japan is that if it wins the first war quickly.

The speed of the assembled Japanese army is actually not slow, after all, this is Japan itself, unlike in Siberia, where there are hundreds of thousands of Japanese on the mainland, who are able to provide transportation and supplies for the front-line troops.

The Japanese masses who were mobilized not only helped to transport war materials, but also helped to build trenches and defense lines, and some Japanese families also contributed all the copper and iron at home, so that the government could build an extra rifle and a few bullets.

At the same time, in the international arena, Yamamoto Gonbei was constantly seeking help from the great powers.

However, in the face of Fan Yize's powerful navy, which country is really willing to offend him for Japan.

The British condemned Fan Yize's actions without exception and let the Japanese hold on, but as for the actual action, there was nothing.

The British only exported but did not make a move, and the United States did not make any noise or any actual expression.

Although the Russians did not express their opinions, the domestic actions continued, and Fan Yize's intervention made the original war between Japan and Russia more turbulent.

For this reason, Russia directly transferred two entire army groups from the troops on the Western Front, nearly 400,000 regular troops, and in the face of the dissatisfaction of the French and with the strong support of the Germans, it planned to send these two army groups to Siberia in about half a year to ten months.

In the words of the tsar, no matter who the enemy is, the territory that belongs to Russia will be fought for every inch of land.

In the midst of the continued attention of the international situation, Yamamoto Gonbei formed the Fourth Army of the homeland, and the main soldiers of the Fourth Army were mainly from Tokyo and the surrounding areas, and this army was also called the Royal Army.

With the main strategic goal of recapturing Tokyo, the capital of Japan, and saving the emperor, and with this belief, the morale of every soldier was boosted, and the Japanese Imperial Fourth Legion, which was assembled in the Haruna Castle, marched in the direction of Tokyo.

The Hazelaki Town Guardhouse, located directly north of Tokyo, when it was close to the outskirts of Tokyo, the naval guns of the Red Guard Corps had no way to attack this place.

The northern part of Tokyo, which was also intact during the previous shelling.

However, although this place can avoid the attack of naval artillery, the mountains are dense and forested, which is easy to defend.

Yamamoto Gonbei chose to regain Tokyo from this place, but it was also a helpless choice, Tokyo is facing the sea on one side and surrounded by mountains on three sides, and it is impossible to avoid these mountains from which side to recover Tokyo.

In order to be able to move smoothly, many small units of the Japanese army had set out for this area a few days before the Royal Fourth Army was dispatched.

At the same time, the 2nd Division's Sharp Knife Force also began to carry out small-scale military infiltration operations in the area.

The area around Tokyo is the most densely populated area in Japan, and there are a large number of towns along the route between Tokyo and Hakumei, as well as many small workshops and factories in the textile industry.

Tokyo was destroyed, and these light industries were basically in a stage of shutdown, and many of the Japanese who originally lived here also fled to Hazaki, and all of them were empty.

The task of the Sharp Knife Force is to map the detailed terrain of the area and delineate the coordinates of the area according to the terrain and landform.

A platoon of sharp knives led by Xu Xinyu received an order to protect a mapping team and go to an area called Mt. Nerima to survey the height and surrounding terrain.

Mt. Nerima is a large mountain nearly 1,000 meters away from Tokyo on the way to Tokyo, and there is a large Nerima town at the bottom of the mountain.

According to the battle plan jointly drawn up by the 2nd and 3rd Divisions, once 100,000 Japanese troops rushed into Tokyo, the troops of the two divisions would inevitably fall into a bitter battle even if they were supported by naval guns.

Therefore, choose the best terrain, stop these 100,000 troops, and kill and wound the enemy's living forces.

What the Sharp Knife Platoon, however, didn't know was that when they entered Mt. Nerima, the Japanese at the foot of the mountain knew.

Nerima Town is a town with strong folk customs, and there are many ronins and samurai in it, and many soldiers of the Japanese Guards Division are also from this area.

Unlike the coastal areas, where many fishermen live, the Japanese here, although not far from the sea, have long been associated with the mountains.

The Knife Platoon is spotted by a hunter, and the clever hunter chooses to lurk and signal to the town below.

Many Japanese soldiers scattered and hidden in the town immediately began to assemble, and the ronin and samurai were also ready to move, following the troops and quietly entering the mountains.

Two hours later, the Sharp Knife Platoon was located on the mountainside of Mt. Nerima to assist the mapping team and would measure the horizontal position of the location, which was a straight-line distance from the town below.

The two female soldiers in the surveying and mapping team were not professional combat soldiers, although they were also in military uniforms, but most of the measuring equipment and recording instruments they carried on their bodies were surveying equipment and recording instruments, and because of the weight on their bodies, the two female soldiers did not carry extra self-defense weapons.

After all, there was a platoon of thirty-six fighters with sharp knives around them to protect, and if they encountered danger, it would not be too many of them to have two more, and it would not be too much to have two of them.